Chapter Eighty-Nine: Tremble!
Rabbis was originally just a common citizen in Lobito, but now he stayed on top of Lobito's walls, guarding them with the soldiers of the City of Parliament. As a small citizen, Rabbis didn't care who ruled the city, as long as he could have a good life, even if he made Azela king.
But becoming a soldier was not what Rabbis wanted, and he was reluctant to stay here. It was because the council city needed to be replenished in the siege, and the lost thousand soldiers were forced to enlist in the city. These men, who were originally just ordinary citizens, were assigned weapons and assigned to various positions after a short few days of training.
Rabis, on the other hand, was unlucky, so he was assigned to the most dangerous wall, and guarded the small wall with the rest of the men from the Council City. Because today, Elam's coalition army has appeared under the city of Lobito. The slowly erected swarm of tents in the distance shows how many people are among them.
Rabis was surrounded by people he was not familiar with, and in order to prevent being drawn into the army, there were people who opposed the new emperor Azela. So the 1,000 men recruited from Lobito were dispersed among the entire army of the Council City, and no more than two out of every ten men were Lobito's men.
In this way, even if there are opponents, they will not be able to make any waves, after all, most of the people around the city of Parliament are around. If someone wants to do something, then someone else will find out. In the face of these people who are trying to sabotage and cause trouble, it will be a gallows in the city. Labis looked at the Elaic forces who were camping in the distance, wondering how they would take it.
Even though Lobito's walls were not high, there were far more soldiers defending the city than they were. As long as the Legion Commander of the City of Parliament is not an idiot, it is almost impossible to break through the walls of Lobito. Perhaps after the coalition forces have suffered certain losses in the siege, the army of the council city will take the initiative to attack and crush the army that came to attack the city.
"It's better to stay at the end of the siege. Rabbis, who did not want to fight, leaned against the walls and thought, "I don't know what there is to fight, but now even the factories in the city have stopped working, and the things they make cannot be sold." It's not good for anyone for a long time, just because you don't want the speaker to be the emperor, do you have to pay such a price?"
"Get up. Seeing that Labis was lazy standing guard, the squad leader who had been staying in the sentry tower came over and reprimanded: "If you are seen to be lazy next time, you will wait to receive the whip! I really don't know what the legion commander thinks, he will pull people like you into the army, and the atmosphere in the legion will be ruined by you!"
"Do you think I'm trying to come in!" Rabbis grumbled, but his body quickly rose to his feet, trying to look as if he was standing guard as intently. After all, now that he was in the army of the Parliament City, it would be better to be obedient if he didn't really want to be whipped by the water-soaked whip made of cowhide.
Suddenly, a loud bang rang out on a small hillside not far away, and some white smoke came out of it. Then Labis heard the whistling sound of something breaking through the air and flying towards it. Just as he wondered what it was, a huge explosion rang in his ears.
The sudden thrust knocked him to the ground, and the loud noise in his ears made it seem as if a hundred gnomes were chirping now, and even his vision was a little dazed. Rabbis shook his head to try to sober himself up, turned his head to wipe the blood from his forehead, and looked at where he had been standing.
The stones that formed the walls of the city near there burst open, and a small gap appeared there. The squad leader who had reprimanded him was no longer there, but the blood on the ground showed that he wasn't doing any better. Not happy about this, Rabbis struggled to get to his feet, but his body staggered and he had to lie on the wall beside him.
He searched everywhere for what kind of weapon could be illuminated with such lethality. For he knew very well that there was no trebuchet nearby, and that the towering wooden support on the wall could be seen clearly. Eventually, where he saw the white smoke coming out, he saw six strange iron pipes with wheels, and some gray dwarves were busily surrounding them, as if they were loading something into them.
"What the hell is that?" Rabbis couldn't figure out how the iron pipes were causing this, but the next moment loud noises and white smoke came out of nowhere. At this moment he finally saw the light of fire, erupting from the six iron pipes, a sharp whistling sound from far and near, followed by a huge explosion that finally plunged the world of Rabbis into darkness......
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"That's the power of artillery. Mo Yan looked at the Lobito city wall in the distance, and six new openings were blasted out, and looked back at the three legion commanders who were half-squatting on the ground in fright because of the sudden loud noise, and said with a smile: "Although it still needs to be improved in terms of power, it is still enough to deal with a low city wall like Lobito, isn't it?"
The gray dwarves in charge of loading all stopped what they were doing, and looked at the three legionnaires, who could be said to be shocked. The smug expression seemed to say, you old hats have finally realized the power of this weapon! And although Mo Yan was as obvious as the gray dwarf every day, he could also see a look of satisfaction.
"What the hell is this?" said Albert, who had a sense of profundity, and walked around the strange smell of the cannons, and then at the almost crumbling walls of Lobito, and asked, "How did it get the projectiles that had just been loaded in, and why did those projectiles explode after they hit the walls?"
"These are the secrets of Thunder Bluff. Mo Yan smiled and asked Albert rhetorically: "Could it be that Santa Fe City has mastered such a weapon, will the drawings be published? I will demonstrate the effect of the weapon for you, just to tell you that the walls of Lobito are not a big deal."
Now all the commanders have to think about is how to break through the gap into the city. Even if the walls are no longer an issue, the next street fighting will be tricky, isn't it? Driving the Parliament City warriors out of the city and forcing them to retreat to the Parliament City is what needs to be done this time. ”
Hearing Mo Yan's words, the three legion leaders could only control their curiosity. They also understood that, as Mo Yan said, no matter which of them had such a weapon, they would keep it strictly secret and would not let others know the secret. With such a weapon, if it is not a strong wall, then it will not play any defensive role at all, and the wall of Lobito in front of you has done the best interpretation.
While the three Legion Commanders returned to discuss how to minimize losses when they stormed the city, the Grey Dwarves continued to bombard Lobito's walls until they ran out of bursting and solid shells. And the section of the city wall, which had been shot dozens of times, had become a rubble of rubble.
That night, the Elamaic coalition launched an assault on Lobito, and nine thousand Salt warriors rushed into Lobito through the gap that had been blasted open during the day. Because of the cover of night, the crossbow bolts that the Parliament City legion had placed on most of Lobito's rooftops were useless and did not serve as much of a deterrent as they should be.
And the commander of the council city, who had already learned of the destruction of the city walls during the day, had already arranged the retreat route during the day, after seeing that he could not stop the offensive of the Elama coalition army. Knocked down some of the city's buildings, blocking the coalition's line of attack, and left behind a 2,000-strong force. With the remaining nine thousand men, he withdrew from another gate of the city and retreated towards the city of Parliament.
But just after leaving Lobito, they are attacked by a group of human-faced birds with strange explosives. And they are followed by a group of monsters, attacking their tail from time to time. They had to send out a blocking force to stop these well-armed Thunder Cliff monsters.
After several days of pursuit, with only 3,000 men finally returning to the city of Parliament, the siege of Lobito ended in a day due to the strange weapons of Thunder Bluff and cost only 2,000 men. And even with the safest way of besieging the city, Arica's legion commander was ready to pay half of his men.
The Parliament City army, which had been demoralized by loud noises and explosions during the day, was unable to organize a decent resistance to make the campaign go smoothly. The Thunder Cliff Monster Legion, which was in charge of the pursuit, was worried that the Elan coalition would catch up and the monsters would reconcile because of the army in Council City, so they could only blindly retreat.
Let the Thunder Cliff Monster Legion, which is responsible for the siege, have some losses in the battle with the blocking forces. The battle was almost smooth sailing, and the human-faced birds flying in the sky would report on the retreat route of the Parliament City from time to time, so that they could catch up with the fugitives in time, and ambush them from time to time on their escape route back to the Parliament City.
"The advent of artillery will change the way the Hill Continent fights. Mo Yan, who barely contributed much to this battle, drank the transparent wine just produced by Thunder Cliff in the tent: "It also allows me to destroy any city I want to destroy!"
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